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J. J. DICES.` HAMMOGK.

NiTn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES J. DIOKS, OF TORONTO, CANADA.

HAMMOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 445,049, dated January 20, 1891.

Application filed July 2, 1890. Serial No. 357,504. (No modell) To all whom it may conce/n.-

Be it known that I, JAMES JOHN Dicks, builder, of the city ot' Toronto, in the county ot York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented a certain new and useful lmprovement in Hammocks, of which the following is a specification.

The object ofthe invention is to provide a hammock with a detachable sunshade; and it consists, essentially, of a sunshade or hood connected to a stretcher and attached to the head ot' the hammock, substantially as hereinafter more particularly explained, and then definitely claimed.

Figure l is a perspective view of a hammock provided with my improved sunshade. Fig. is a bottom view of a portion of the stretcher, showing the clip for connecting it to the hammock. Fig. 3 is a perspective detail of a portion of the stretcher, showing the clip to which the pillow is connected.

In the drawings, A represents a stretcher iitted into the hammock B,and provided with spring hooks or catches a, which are designed to engage with the strands ol the hammock and hold the stretcher in the position indicated.

O is a flat, pla-te pivoted on the stretcher A, so that it may be folded in parallel with the said stretcher when the hammock, with its hood, is donc up for transportation, or set in the position indicated in Fig'. l to prevent the stretcher tilting.

On the top side of the stretcher A, l provide hooks l), to which the loops on the pillow may be attached for the purpose of holding the said pillow in position.

D is a sunshade or hood pivoted, as indi cated, on the top of the stretcher A, tapes or cords E being attached to the said sunshade D for the purpose of tying it to the hammock B.

Asunshade or hood arranged as described, in connection with the stretcher mentioned, will remain in position and may be readilyT adjusted by the occu pant of the hammock,so as to be raised or lowered to give more or less air or shade. By raising the front bow more air will be given and less shade, while the reverse will of course be the case if the bow is lowered. This raising' or lowering will be readily accomplished because the bows are pivotally connected to the stretcher, and the friction of the joints will retain the bow in the desired position.

That I claim as my invention isl. A stretcher A, provided with hooks a to engage with the hammock B, and a plate C, pivoted on the said stretcher, in combination with a sunshade or hood D, pivoted on the stretcher, substantially Aas and for the purpose speciiied.

2. A stretcher A, provided with hooks a to engage with the hammock B, hooks l), to which a pillow may be connected, and a plate C, pivoted on the said stretcher, in combination with a sunshade or hood D, pivoted on the stretcher A and provided with tapes or cords E, connected to the hammock, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

l`oronto, June ll, i890.

JAMES J. DICKS.

ln presence olr- CHARLES C. BALDWIN, E. CUMMINGS. 

